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This pages features videos about some basic tasks in Civil 3D.
Many of these videos are very short. Many may include tips and tricks and yet all include useful Civil 3D basics.
Please visit included links to the original postings. Those may contain details not included here for the sake of brevity.
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Feature Line Geometry Curve Edits
Feature Line Geometry Curve Edits
5/25/2017
Feature Line Geometry Curve Fit and Smooth Edits
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk explores the basics of Feature Line Geometry Curve Edit Riboon tools - both Feature Line Ribbon Fit and Smooth tools are covered.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Apply Description Keys Command
Apply Description Keys Command
3/7/2017
How Apply Description Keys command works in Civil 3D
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Jerry Bartels of Autodesk covers the Civil 3D command APPLYDESCKEYS.
The command reapplies Description Keys to selected points in a drawing.
From the Jerry's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
The Apply Description Keys command is occassionly important so I posted the video. Jerry covers the essentials, but the context behind this video has problems.
Once in a great while it might be handy to employ COGO points and not a Survey Db. The video sort of implies the Point file import is the way to go in Civil 3D.
Survey Db driven Insert points and Remove points commands are a much more productive way to work with less overhead and more control.
How many jobs do you have with the example's small number of points?
AutoCAD's selection of Civil 3D points is still really slow when the number of points exceeds 1024. That is an ACAD issue not a Civil 3D one.
Note: The Apply Description Keys command also appears in Right Click menus in the Civil 3D Prospector Toolspace for collections like Point Groups.
Finally, Civil 3D Description Keys do a lot more than assign Point Styles. They also function in an ordered priority stack in Civil 3D - more than one Description Key Set is possible.
In other words, Jerry's example to some extent belittles what Civil 3D can really do to make you productive with Points.
Visit our Civil 3D Survey at Jump Speed video training course to learn better Point Management in Civil 3D.
Civil 3D Superelevation Basics Overview
Civil 3D Superelevation Basics Overview
2/03/2017
The Overview of the Basics of Civil 3D Superelevation Part 1
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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains the basics of Civil 3D Superelevation and the core Alignment and Subassembly mechanics to make it work.
From Alan's YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Imersion blog.
New Civil 3D users often stumble over the critical Alignment Design Speed and Subassembly specific properties covered here.
You do have choices of appropriate roadway design criteria Standards to apply.
Please note how Alan plans to and then builds up the superelevation detail instead of doing everything at once.
Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria
2/10/2017
How Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Works Part 2
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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains in detail how Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria lookup works and the key places and methods to make changes if you must.
The Part 2 video is a deeper dive into the lookup tables of the Civil 3D Design Criteria XML files and Civil 3D mechanics of Superelevation.
This video review will help you grasp where values are coming from and provides the basics of how you might customize things. Again - if you must.
In reality you should only edit and make changes in the XML when you actually have a new Standard to apply and have the values in hand.
The tip about clearing the Superelevation data is mission critical. This is good practice even if you do not change the Super method Alignment Settings.
Anytime you have to redo a superelevation calculation it is probably good practice to start from scratch. Ok. Not always.
In some older releases of Civil 3D, the software will hold onto earlier super values when you do not expect it.
Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Formulas
2/24/2017
How Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria Formulas Work Part 3
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Alan Gilbert of Autodesk explains in detail how Civil 3D Superelevation Design Criteria formula lookup works and the key places and methods to make changes if you must.
The Part 3 video is a deeper dive modiffing how formula lookup changes and their modification may affect the application of lookup table values of the Civil 3D Design Criteria XML files and Civil 3D mechanics of Superelevation.
This video review will help you grasp where values are coming from and provides the basics of how you might customize things. Again - if you must.
In reality you should only edit and make changes in the XML when you actually have a new Standard to apply and have the values in hand.
The point of this video is that you can modifiy by formula how the table values are applied if that is required for your Standard.